: Tom Hurley
: Last Voices of the Irish Revolution
: Gill Books
: 9780717199792
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: CHF 24,40
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: Regional- und Ländergeschichte
: English
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The Irish Civil War ended in 1923. Eighty years on, documentary-maker Tom Hurley wondered if there were many civilians and combatants left from across Ireland who had experienced the years 1919 to 1923, their prelude and their aftermath. What memories had they, what were their stories and how did they reflect on those turbulent times? In early 2003, he recorded the experiences of 18 people, conducting 2 further interviews abroad in 2004. Tom spoke to a cross section (Catholic, Protestant, Unionist and Nationalist) who were in their teens or early twenties during the civil war. The chronological approach he has taken spans 50 years, beginning with the oldest interviewee's birth in 1899 and ending when the Free State became a republic in 1949. Last Voices of the Irish Revolution.

Tom Hurley is a radio documentary maker and producer from West Cork whose particular focus is on conducting research into what he terms 'neglected incidents' from our country's past. This is his first book.

Chronology of events


FEBRUARY 1899 – SEPTEMBER 1912

28 February 1899:William Geary is born in Ballyagran, Co. Limerick.
6 Jun 1900:Patrick Greene is born in Legan, Co. Longford.
20 June 1900:Ellen Maloney is born in Portarlington, Co. Laois.
31 March 1901:The 1901 Census is taken.
7 July 1901:Seán Clancy is born in Clonlara, Co. Clare.
2 January 1902:Dan Keating is born near Castlemaine, Co. Kerry.
29 March 1902:Mai Grogan is born in Tullycrine, Co. Clare.
2 May 1902:Patsy Holmes is born in Whitechurch, Co. Cork.
19 June 1902:John Kelly is born in Caherbriskaun, Athenry, Co. Galway.
5 October 1902:Patrick Fitzgerald is born in Dunmoon, Co. Waterford.
23 November 1902:Kathleen Charles is born in Kanturk, Co. Cork.
23 February 1903:Daniel O’Donovan is born in Bantry, Co. Cork.
15 May 1903:Michael Casey is born in Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.
30 May 1903:Jack Duff is born in Dublin.
6 February 1905:Anthony McGinley is born near Glenswilly, Co. Donegal.
5 November 1905:Margaret Cahill is born in Ballinasare, Annascaul, Co. Kerry.
7 January 1907:John Parkinson is born in Belfast.
12 January 1907:Gerry Smyth is born in Stackallen, Co. Meath.
23 May 1907:William Geary’s father dies.
23 September 1908:George Carpenter is born in Cork city.
28 December 1909:Norman Douglas is born in Belfast.
23 May 1910:George Cooper is born in Dublin.
2 April 1911:The 1911 Census is taken.
2 April 1912:John Parkinson waves theTitanic off.
11 April 1912:The Third Home Rule Bill is introduced in the House of Commons.
28 September 1912:Uni